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DESCRIPTION:“Gekic rides the charismatic edge of genius”\n\nR. Dyer\, Bosto
 n Globe\n\n“He is something like a general who has learned all the rules in
  the book and is therefore free to ignore them in the time of war”\n\nJames
  Roos\, Miami Herald\n\n“His playing is transcendental as well as incandesc
 ent”\n\nJohn Ardoin\, Dallas Morning News\n\nPerforming worldwide from vast
  repertoire\, Kemal Gekic presents fascinating\, uncompromising and ever-ch
 anging interpretations as a soloist and in collaboration with orchestras su
 ch as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London\, Warsaw Philharmonic and Jap
 an Philharmonic Orchestra in halls such as Gewandhouse Leipzig\, Suntory Ha
 ll Tokyo\, Kennedy Center Washington DC.\n\nAs a recording artist\, Kemal G
 ekic has won accolades in Europe\, America and Japan for insightful\, origi
 nal views of the music. Among his 15 solo-albums\, his Rossini-Liszt transc
 riptions (Naxos) won “The Rosette” of The Penguin Guide for Music\, while h
 is recording of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes (JVC) is generally considered
  to be one of the most compelling recordings of the set in history. He won 
 a double Grammy nomination for his recording of Fredrick Kaufman's Guernica
  Concerto\, which was commissioned by him.\n\nBorn in Split\, Croatia\, Kem
 al Gekic got his early training from Prof. Lorenza Baturina. He earned his 
 MD in the class of Prof. Jokuthon Mihailovic (1985) at the Art Academy of N
 ovi Sad in Yugoslavia\, and was immediately given a faculty appointment by 
 the piano department which he eventually directed until 1999. Since 1999\, 
 he has been Artist in Residence and a Full Professor at the Florida Interna
 tional University in Miami\, Florida.\n\nKemal Gekic is a guest lecturer at
  numerous universities and academies throughout the world. He has served as
  a juror on numerous international piano competitions. Since 2010 he also d
 irects Kemal Gekic Summer School and Festival in Split\, Croatia.\n\nProgra
 ms on his life and his performances were broadcast by RAI Italy\, TV Portug
 al\, TV Yugoslavia\, NHK Japan\, POLTEL Poland\, RTV Lower Saxony Germany\,
  Intervision\, CBC and PBS.\n\nKemal Gekic is a Life Member of the American
  Liszt Society and a Steinway Artist.\n\n\nFor tickets click here: https://
 www.oregonpianoinstitute.org/ticket-gekic
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LOCATION:Beall Concert Hall
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SUMMARY:Kemal Gekic: Murdock International Piano Series Concert
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